I cannot apologize For writing what I feel inside If it is hard to read It is harder to live I will understand

Life is good A little luxury A cup of coffee Served with toast Consumed lazily

A conversation With a true friend Leaves your life richer Maybe with a laugh A smile on your face

Have you ever felt A hole inside of you Something dead inside Where your heart Is supposed to be?

If I was in a beauty pageant My talent would be 'Lefty who writes upside-down’ Beside the contestant Who burps her ABC’s

I enjoy his company Riding shotgun Conversation No one to overhear Our inside jokes

Scratchy plaid blanket Red with yellow stripes Hot and itchy underneath Claustrophobia strikes Purple and blue prisms

The whole world Aches and groans Do you feel her pain? The human in me Wants to heal mankind

I told everyone About you The ugly beast Inside of me You can’t hide

Does the world need Another book? Another poem? I add one more to the pile To be left alone

The news hit me Like a punch in the gut I threw up two times From the pain Knowing that I